No bid for Yu Darvish (pfffft, not buying it). No rotation upgrades in sight. No new center fielder. Leadoff hitter? Forget about it.
But Mike Rizzo is apparently interested in 85 year old Mike Cameron. Well, he probably hit leadoff at some point since his rookie year in 1995. Matt Stairs is also available. Maybe Stairs, Cameron, and Bernadina can form a CF platoon? Oh, and Rizzo did pull off that Balester-for-Perry blockbuster with the Tigers. So there's that.
Remember the Winter of 2010/2011, when Mike Rizzo declared his grand vision for Phase Two of the Washington Nationals, then saw his best laid plans go up in smoke after trying and failing to sign or trade for just about every possible top starting pitcher available? Minus Werth, it all feels so eerily similar.
At the very least, the Nats are in pretty good shape even if Rizzo ultimately fails to deliver (again) this offseason. But sheesh. *shrug* In Rizzo we trust?
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People are giving Josh Willingham 3 yr, 21 mil and Michael Cuddyer 3 yr, 31.5 mil. Not to even mention how ridiculous it is to give an unproven guy nine figures. The market right now is absurd. I'm cool with standing pat for a while.
Posted by: TheYellowSlant | December 16, 2011 at 09:15 PM
Hey, we're mostly okay with standing pat, too. The question is whether or not this standing pat is intentional on Rizzo's part. Not buying the "no bid" reports on Yu Darvish. Guessing Rizzo swung (low) and missed...again...
Posted by: The Nats Enquirer | December 16, 2011 at 09:42 PM
Hate to say it but.... Are the Lerners serious or not? Nats will have lowest NL East payroll by $20m.
Posted by: Natmo | December 16, 2011 at 10:19 PM
Welcome back ...Livo?!?!
Posted by: Adam | December 17, 2011 at 01:28 PM